Using video and sound to ease stress during ICU procedures
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study tests whether wearing special glasses that play calming videos and sounds can help reduce pain and anxiety during common intensive care procedures like getting an IV or a tube inserted. If you are in the ICU and need these procedures, this might make them more comfortable.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are currently in the intensive care unit or a similar monitored unit.
- You are about to have a procedure like getting an IV, a feeding tube, a urinary catheter, or a painful dressing change.
- You are 18 years or older.
- You are alert and able to understand and agree to the study.
- You do not have severe vision problems or a history that prevents using the special glasses.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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